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Newspaper
San Antonio Sunday Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1900
Page
2
The Sunday Light states it is entered at the San Antonio Texas Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter, indicating mail status for distribution.
The Light congregation considers a sermon arguing that mud cannot cling to ice and purity. The discourse extols inner purity, warns against superficial virtue, and urges readers to value conscious cleanliness over appearances, noting mud and ice cannot contaminate intrinsic virtue.
An old advertisement touts BBB Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for ulcers skin eruptions and blood poisons. It promises relief for pale run down people and those with eczema pimples boils rheumatism and scrofula claiming thirty years of testing and thousands cured after doctor and patent medicines failed. Available through druggists at 1 per bottle or six bottles for 5.
Printer ad offers a two revolution Scott G press No 6 in first class condition prints 80 by 44 inch news form at 2400 per hour with a price of 2100. A Brown folding machine hand feed capable of 5000 per hour is offered at 750. The two press and folder sold together for 1750. Address T B Johnson 12 154 Daily Light Office.
A 1899 notice touts Wine of Cardus as the greatest medicine for women covering monthly pains and life transitions. It cites testimonials from Miss Morris, Mrs Scoofs, and Belle Iccofs praising relief and health gains, urging young girls and mothers to use the product with the Chattanooga Medicine Co. as the advisory contact.
A lively yet jumbled column surveys San Antonio Texas politics and local finance woes including Austin water issues, bond defaults, railroad hopes, and Republican prospects. It lampoons figures, predicts campaigns, and notes regional power struggles with a broad, opinionated tone.
A crowded sporting note describes special car parties bound for La Fruta and Mathie to hunt quail and ducks, citing plentiful game and expected success. It warns about market hunting and advocates stricter game laws, mentioning the veteran duck hunter E. T. Martin and the Tarpon Club’s tarpon season on Aransas Pass. Public notices include city charter amendments in San Antonio with tax and bond provisions and a list of signatories.
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